Democrat Dianne Primavera was winning the hotly contested race for the Colorado House District 33 seat against Republican David Pigott on Tuesday night, giving her party the opportunity to control the state House.

Primavera had 50 percent of the vote in Boulder and Broomfield counties to Pigott's 45 percent. Libertarian candidate W. Earl Allen took about 4 percent of the vote. In Broomfield, Primavera was winning by a 1,500-vote margin.

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Primavera, 62, is looking to return to the seat she held in 2006 and 2008 before losing to Republican Don Beezely in 2010.

"I'm anxious to get to the Capitol," she said during a watch party in Broomfield. "We have conducted a really good campaign with more volunteers, more contributors and pages of endorsements. I'm really grateful."

Democrats also were winning in four other state house races.

Gunbarrel Democrat Dickey Lee Hullinghorst took a big lead early on in the race for Colorado House District 10. Hullinghorst was leading with 82 percent of the vote, easily beating Republican challenger William H. Eckert.

"What I was really working on in addition to winning my race was regaining the majority in the State House of Representatives and we have done that," she said just after 9 p.m.

In House District 11, Democrat Jonathan Singer led Republican Ellyn Hilliard, 56 percent to 44 percent.

Singer, 33, was appointed to the state house seat after Deb Gardner was appointed to the Boulder County Board of Commissioners. This was Singer's first election for the seat.

Democratic candidate Mike Foote easily beat the Republican and Libertarian candidates to win the Colo. House District 12 seat.

Foote had 66 percent of the vote. The Republican candidate, Russ Lyman, had 30 percent of the vote, and Libertarian Matthew Webber had 4 percent of the vote. Matt Jones, a Democrat from Louisville, holds the seat, but ran this year for Colorado Senate District 17.

In House District 13, Boulder Democrat Claire Levy was celebrating winning her fourth term. She had 68 percent of the vote to Republican challenger Adam Ochs' 28 percent. Libertarian candidate Howard P. Lambert had 4 percent of the vote.

In three local state Senate races, Democrats all appear to have won.

Incumbent Democrat Rollie Heath likely will easily keep his seat in State Senate District 18.

Heath had 79 percent of the vote, while and Republican challenger Barry Thoma had 21 percent. Heath, 74, has spent four years in the state senate.

In State Senate District 17, Democrat Matt Jones of Louisville was winning with 63 percent of the vote. Longmont Republican Charlie Plagainos was next with 33 percent of the vote, and Libertarian Ken Bray had 4 percent of the vote.

Jones, 57, of Louisville, was a state representative from 1987 to 1993 and was elected again, in 2011, to represent House District 12. Instead of running for re-election to that position he decided to run for State Senate. The seat is being vacated by term-limited Longmont Democrat Brandon Shaffer, the former Senate president who is running for U.S. Congress.

Broomfield Democrat Lee Kemp also looks to have edged out Fort Collins Republican Vicki Marble in the Senate District 23 race.

Kemp, chairman of the Regional Transportation District, had 51 percent of the vote to Marble's 49 percent in Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties.

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